Bathmocercus
| Bathmocercus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Black-headed rufous warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Bathmocercus Reichenow, 1895 |
Bathmocercus is a genus of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It contains the following species:
- Black-headed rufous warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris)
- Black-faced rufous warbler (Bathmocercus rufus)
Species from the genus Scepomycter are sometimes placed in this genus though several marked morphological differences are used to justify its separation.
References
- Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN 978-84-96553-06-4
- Nguembock B.; Fjeldsa J.; Tillier A.; Pasquet E. (2007): A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 272-286.